"Placement Test"

Title"Placement Test"
Year for Search1964
AuthorsLaumer, [John] Keith(1925-93)
Tertiary AuthorsLaumer, Keith
Secondary TitleAmazing Stories
Volume / Edition38.7
Pagination56-82
Date PublishedJuly 1964
ISSN Number0002-6891
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Overpopulation dystopia in a story about a man manipulated into fighting his way through the job placement process as a way of selecting the best people for top positions.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Thrilling Science Fiction, no. 27 (October 1972): 34-60; in SF: Inventing the Future. Ed. R. Duncan Appleford (Scarborough, ON, Canada: Bellhaven House, 1972), 58-85; and in his Future Imperfect. Ed. Eric Flint (New York: Baen, 2003), 213-41.

Holding Institutions

Can, CU-Riv, PSt

Author Note

(1925-93)

Full Text

1964 Laumer, [John] Keith (1925-93). “Placement Test.” Amazing Stories 38.7 (July 1964): 56-82. Rpt. in Thrilling Science Fiction, no. 27 (October 1972): 34-60; in SF: Inventing the Future. Ed. R. Duncan Appleford (Scarborough, ON, Canada: Bellhaven House, 1972), 58-85; and in his Future Imperfect. Ed. Eric Flint (New York: Baen, 2003), 213-41. Can, CU-Riv, PSt

Overpopulation dystopia in a story about a man manipulated into fighting his way through the job placement process as a way of selecting the best people for top positions.